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    Default Time Mgmt: How do you manage your time?

    I have been really interested in time management lately. What makes one person able to do a million things at once and accomplish so much?

    I was wondering if you could share with me how you manage your time? Do you have a time management system? How do you set your priorities? Or do you take it as it comes?

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    Default Re: Time Mgmt: How do you manage your time?

    If you get some advice, let me know. I'm horrible at TM

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    Default Re: Time Mgmt: How do you manage your time?

    I used to have a great system. Problem was I'd packed my days so full that I'd start at 5AM and not ever really end until after midnight.

    Needless to say, I got burned out pretty quick. Top that with a bad knee injury, and I've been "off" on my time management skills ever since. :/

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    Default Re: Time Mgmt: How do you manage your time?

    Become a mommy...you'll learn the most effective ways to cook, clean, change the baby, talk on the phone, check SW, and do laundry all at the same time! LOL

    When I was working corporate, I used a day planner. Planned out my day the day before. For important stuff (like massages and spas) I wrote those in pen so they couldn't be "changed".

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    Default Re: Time Mgmt: How do you manage your time?

    I ..ah.. manage my time very ineffectively. I'm a huge procrastinator.. if I have delay having to do something I will until I really must do it Yet I do prioritise more than actually have my day planned out.


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    Default Re: Time Mgmt: How do you manage your time?

    I write to-do lists, but I etch in the time when I will do what I plan to do, otherwise I'd just bump over half the list to the next day. I find the trick is planning shit to do as soon as I get up. With this job, I work nights so it's easy to fritter away precious daytime hours (when the rest of the world is getting stuff done). So I try to get up, do my work out, do any errands I need to do (or go to school as the case may be), then give myself free time later on, after the important stuff is out of the way. Because I'm unbelievably disorganized unless I get on my own case like crazy.

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    Default Re: Time Mgmt: How do you manage your time?

    VenusGoddess, you have that pegged right! Being a Mommy or a Daddy will teach you a whole new set of skills.

    I could go into detail about how to plan etc, but I’ve found the following work:

    Any use of a day planner is a good thing, even if it is a simple notebook with the date written on the top of the page. Always store it in one spot so you don’t have to hunt for it. If the planner goes with you everywhere, have a set of 2-3 places you are going to leave it. That way if you do get separated you can get back to it quick.

    Have a good watch, and alarm clock

    Determine what tasks must be done today
    See if they have to be done by a certain time
    Know whom you have to contact when done, or when shit hits the fan

    Code anything personal, massages, paying bills etc. You micromanager does not need to know those details and will only screw with you if they do.

    Have a system of knowing what is done, what you are actively working on, and what does not have to be done today. If you get taken off a task keep a record of the details. Someone will eventually come to you wondering why something has not been done.

    Allow time to follow up on tasks 3-4 times a day, always before any meeting, especially if the meeting is about those tasks.

    Remember to thank the people that helped you get the tasks done. This should be one of your tasks, and is best done either at the end or beginning of the day. People do remember, and sometime they have had to bend rules or devote a lot of their time to your task.

    If your depending on anyone to get something done make sure you follow up with him or her, at the end of the day it is your responsibility to get the job done

    I figured these notes covered everything I did and are good place to start for comments. This is really geared up for a corporate environment, but I do use it when I’m just being a Dad, or doing computer repairs. Having a list really helps keep you on track.

    If you have a problem with procrastination (even I do sometimes) here are a few techniques to deal with it.

    Find a bigger procrastinator than you and watch them for some time. If you ever have to get anything out of them, you’ll soon learn why you don’t procrastinate. I used to work with one guy that took 2 hours to do something that anyone else could do in 10 minutes, you can guess whom I started to avoid.

    If doing something you just don’t like, get it done and over with at the earliest opportunity. I used to hate calling people chasing them for data or forms. I just did not want the s***. I found that if I got that out of the way first thing, I was no longer worried about it and could get to the things that really mattered, like massages and coffee.

    Don’t over think, just do it! Sometimes you have to be knee deep in the dead before you can figure out what or how exactly something needs to get done. If you spend 2 hours thinking on a simple task, and none working, you still have the task to complete. If you spend 10 to 30 minutes thinking, and the rest acting, you will get somewhere. The quicker you act the more time you have for the action, even if it means redoing the whole thing.

    I used to be the worse person for completing a task at the last minute. Having a whole week of no sleep (surviving with 15 minute power naps and 15 minutes showers, and plenty of water drinking) taught me not to leave things to the last minute. I was successful, but at such a high price. By the end of the week I could barely read and make sense of anything. I slept 18 hours when I finally did get the chance to sleep.

    If you have time, do it. If you can do it early, you will make time for something better. Your boss will love it if you can find ways to get things done early. Make sure it is done right! Also, remember to not be too early or you will get more work than you can handle

    I hate getting up in the morning. Dealing with people, phoning people; especially harassing them get something done. I’m not a morning person, so I made a choice and use the mornings to do the tasks I hate, so the rest of the day I can get on with the good stuff. If you have to call a lot of people and they start avoiding you, borrow a workmates phone. If that don't work give them a "Darth Vader" visit. People will often s*** themselves if you show up at their desk, especially if they have been avoiding you.

    There are some tasks that don’t have to be done today, or that you can choose to do tomorrow. Just remember to choose wisely, and if you’re at fault, never delay the task further than you absolutly have to. If you do, you’ll forget about the task.

    -I’m only wondering now if I’ll ever do a short post. Hope this was of interest; these are all techniques I use, many learnt the hard way. Some of them I’ve had to start reapplying. The one about doing the things you hate, or the difficult things gets me from time to time.

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    Default Re: Time Mgmt: How do you manage your time?

    I'm really really good at managing my time.

    I just never make many appointments.


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